Case-hook



(No Model.) I 4 Gr.13. BUTTON.

CASE HOOK. No. 408,380. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

GEORGE E. DUTTON, OF MEDFORD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIAVLF TO IJOI-IN BURRILL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CASE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,380, dated August 6, 1889.

Application ned May 2.9, 1889.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. DUT'roN, of Medford, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a cert-ain new and useful Improvement in Oase-Hooks, of which the following is a'descripti'on sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appert-ains to make and use the saine, reference being had to.the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my improved hook; Figs. 2 and 3, enlarged elevations ot the hook-plates removed; Fig. 4, an enlarged verticallongitudinal section of the handle with the hook in position, taken on line a: in Fig. 3; and Eig. 5, a sectional view of the head of the hook proper.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the diiferent figures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to means for attaching the handle to a ease-hook, whereby it is prevented from revolving thereon; and itconsists in certain novel features, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simpler, cheaper, and morev effective device ot this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of. the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant With such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the hook, and B the handle, considered as a whole.

The hook A is of the ordinary S-shaped form, and has its upper portion or shank b rectangular in cross-section, its head d being circular and provided with a bolt-hole f. A circular plate C is provided with an outwardly-proj ectin g lip g, one face of said plate and lip being grooved at h to receive the head d and a portion of the shank b of the hook. The plate has a centrally-disposed bolt-hole 'L' registering with the hole f in the head d, and each face of said plate has an outwardly-projecting annular flange k at its edge. The face of the plate O opposite the groove 7L is provided with two laterally-pro- Seral No. 312,575. (No model.)

jecting spurs Vor pins m. A circular plate D is adapted to t the grooved face of the plate l C Within the flange 7c, said plate D being provided with a bolt-hole Z, two spurs p, and a laterally-projecting lip t, fitted to enter the groove 7L above the hook-shank Z1 when in position.

The handle B comprises two wooden sections c z, circular in cross-section and having their larger ends iitted to engage the faces, respectively, of the plates C D within the annular danges 7c. The sections t* e have a central longitudinally-arranged bolt-hole registering with the holes f t Zwhen in position.

In the use of my improvement the hookhead d is disposed in the groove 7L of the plate C, so that its shank h rests in the continuation of said groove in the lip g. The plate D is then adjusted with its lip z5 in the groove 7i, as described. The handle-sections t e are respectively driven onto the spurs m p until their ends engage said plates within the Iianges 7c. A bolt II is passed longitudinally through the bolt-holes in the handlesections, plates, and hook-head, and is-secured by a nut y. The outer ends of the handlesections are countersunk to receive the bolthead w and said nut, respectively.

The handle-sections are preferably provided with sockets to receive the spurs m p, instead of being driven thereon,isaid spurs preventing the sections Lrom rotating on the bolt when the hook is in use. The rectangular shank of the hook proper being fitted into the plate-groove prevents it from moving on the bolt.

Having thus explained my invention,what I claim isl. In a case-hook, a hook proper .having a circular head and rectangular shank, in combination with a plate having a face grooved to receive said head and shank, handle-sections, and a bolt secured in bolt-holes in said sections, head, and plate, substantially as described.

2. In a case-hook, a hook proper provided with a rectangular shank and circular head having a bolt-hole, in combination with a plate having a bolt-hole, grooved face for said head and shank, a peripheral flange on each face, and spurs for entering handle-sections IOO secured to said plate by a longitudinally-disposed bolt, substantially as described.

3. In a case-hook, a hook proper, a plate having a face grooved to receive the head thereof, peripheral flanges on each face of said plate, a cap-plate having a lip to enter said groove, said plates being provided with laterally-proj ectin g spurs and bolt-holes registering With a hole in said head, and a sectional handle secured to said plates by a bolt and nut, substantiallyY as described.

4. In a oase-hook, the hook A, having the shank l), head cl, and bolt-hole f, in combination with the plate C, provided with the lip g, groove h, hole t', anges la, and spurs m, the handle-sections Q; z, bolt H, and nut y, arranged substantially as described.

5. In a case-hook, the hook A, provided with the shank l) and head d, having the hole f, in combination with the plate C, having the groove h and hole t', the plate D, having the hole Z, the handle-sections o z, bolt I-I, and

nut y, substantially as described.

6. The hook A, provided with the hole f, in combination with the plate C, having studs 'm and hole a', the plate D, having hole Z and studs p, the sections fu z, the bolt H, and nut y, arranged to operate substantially as described.

GEORGE E. DUTTON.

Witnesses:

O. M. SHAW, K. DURFEE. 

